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• Library of Congress - Official site of the national library of the US. Basic and advanced catalog search including books, periodicals, photographs, images, and sound recordings. Sections for librarians, archivists and researchers.

  American Memory Consists of primary source and archival materials relating to American culture and history, more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/

  America's Library Stories and facts celebrate the library's 200th anniversary. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi

  Cataloging Directorate Provides innovative and effective bibliographic control of the Library's collections and leadership to the library and information communities in the development of cataloging theory and practice. http://www.loc.gov/aba/

  Country Studies: Area Handbook Series A continuing series of books prepared by the Federal Research Division sponsored by the Department of the Army. This online series presently contains studies of 100 countries. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/

  Jefferson's Legacy A brief history of the Library of Congress and a chronology of the collections with a selected bibliography on the library. http://www.loc.gov/loc/legacy/

  Library of Congress: Bicentenial Symposia Biographies of speakers and commentators at the Frontiers of the Mind symposium. http://www.loc.gov/bicentennial/preserve_bios.html

  National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Administers a free library program of braille and recorded materials circulated to eligible borrowers. http://www.loc.gov/nls/

  State Government Information State government information by state, by meta indexes, and by associations provided by the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/stategov/stategov.html

  World Treasures of the Library of Congress: Beginnings Exhibition, divided into four sections: Introduction, Creating, Explaining and Ordering, and Recording the Past. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/world/